Pressure actuated distributing valve means for motors



Jan. 9, 1951 H. P. KUPIEC EI'AL PRESSURE ACTUATED DISTRIBUTING VALVE MEANS FOR MOTORS.

2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed June 29, 1949 Ll Q bfi w a Q W I a 4 W \W 5 a, m S\ 6 QM m. \w aw R MN mm \L Jan. 9, 1951 H. P. KUPIEC EIAL PRESSURE ACTUATED DISTRIBUTING VALVE MEANS FOR MOTORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 29, 1949 RR N Rm mw S o m R a MR Q R\ m6 .4 4 QR N5 m RR M 5 w v 3 RR 26 2 Mb m; Q a? Patented Jan. 9, 1951 PRESSURE ACTUATED DISTRIBUTING VALVE MEANS FOR MOTORS Harry P. Kupiec, Paramus, N. J., and Everett G. Gravenhorst, Bronxville, N. Y., assignors to Air Associates, Inc., Teterboro, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application June 29, 1949, Serial No. 101,958

4 Claims. (Cl. 121-150) This invention relates to a pressure actuated distributing valvemeans and while not limited thereto the same has particular application for moving an operational part of an aircraft and the like.

The invention has in View a pressure actuated distributing valve means-which is constructed and arranged to reverse the direction of movement of the operational part in the event that the movement thereof in either direction is obstructed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pressure actuated distributing valve means having passageways for the flow of fluid under pressure and the return flow thereof which pressure and return flows are instantaneously reversed in the passageways in th event that the movement of the operational part in either direction is obstructed to thereby reverse the movement of the operational part. v

Still another object of the invention is to provide a pressure actuated distributing valvemeanswhich operates to reverseithe-direction of movement'ofthe-operational part when the back pressure of the return fluid in the passageway is re- Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a pressure actuated distributing valve means Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the piston valve taken approximately on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the pressure actuated distributing valve means is adapted to be connected in a fluid pressure system with a pressure responsive device for l controlling the movement in opposite directions of an operational part of a device such as a windshield wiper of aircraft and the like.

The pressure actuated distributin valve means includes a valve body ll having aligned longitudinally extending bores I2 and 13 opening through the opposite ends thereof. The bore I2 is closed at one end by a plate It and at the 0pposite end by an apertured end wall l5 secured in position in the end of the bor by a snap ring. I

I6. The bore I3 is closed-.at its oppds'it'end" by "plates 11 and l8 andlocated within the bore between said plates are cylindrical bushings l 9 and a 20 disposed in spaced relation and having an aperwhich is adapted to operate in systems utilizing standard aircraft pressures of 1,000 lbs. per square inch, 1,500 lbs. per square inch and 3,000 lbs. per square inch and in systems utilizing pressures therebetween and below 1,000 lbs. per square inch and above 3,000 lbs. per square inch.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

reference is now made to the following speclflca- 1 tion and accompanying drawings in which the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a pressure actuated distributing valve means constructed in accordance with the invention and illustrating the same with the parts thereof disposed in position for the flow of the fluid pressure and the return flow when an operating part is moved in one direction by the fluid pressure acting on the cylinder-piston unit conventionally represented.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position of the parts for the flow of the fluid pressure when the operating part is moved by the fluid pressure in the opposite direction.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the pressure actuated distributing valve means.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

tured wall 2! arranged therebetween to provide longitudinally extending cylindrical chambers 22 and 23 located on the opposite side of the apertured wall 2| and within thebushings I9 and 20 respectively.

The valve body I is provided with an inlet port 24 communicating at its innerend with the bore l2 and adjacent the opposite ends of said bore are outlet openings 25 and 26 which communicate with branch passageways 21 and 28 connecting with an outlet port 29. The valve body I I is also provided with service ports 30 and 3| which communicate at their inner ends with the chambers 22 and 23 respectively. The ports 30 and 3| are adapted to be connected with the opposite ends of the pressure responsive device conventionally illustrated as a cylinder-piston unit C for imparting reciprocatory movement to an operational part of an aircraft and the like while the inlet port 24 is adapted to be connected with an hydraulic pressure supply with the outlet port 29 being connected with the return or low pressure side thereof.

A piston valve is arranged in the bore 12 for longitudinal reciprocatory movement therein with the forward end of said piston slidably protruding through the apertured member l5 and secured to a tensioning head 35. The piston valve 35 is cut away or reduced in diameter at longitudinally spaced portions so as to form peripheral recesses 31, 38, 39 and 40 between the wall of the bore l2 and the peripheral faces of the recessed portions and to provide peripheral lands M and 42 adjacent the opposite ends of said bore and intermediate lands 43 and 44 and a centrally located land 45 which lands slidably fit the wall of the bore. The land 45 is spaced from the lands 43 and 44 by the recesses 39 and 40 while the lands 4| and 42 are spaced from the lands 43 and 44 respectively by the recesses 31 and 38. The piston valve 35 is formed with an axial bore 48 extending from the closed end 90 to the central land 45 and with an axial bore 41 extending from the closed end 9| to the central land 45. The bore 45 is in communication with the peripheral recess 40 through ducts 48 extending diagonally through the central land 45 with the outlet ends thereof opening through the side face of said land and at its opposite end the bore 46 is in communication with the peripheral recess 2! by ducts 48 extending through the land 43 with the outlet ends thereof opening through the side face of said land. The bore 41 is in communication with the peripheral recess 39 by ducts in extending through the land 45 with the outlet ends thereof opening through the side face of said land while at its opposite end the bore 41 is in communication with the Peripheral recess 38 by ducts extending through the land 44 with the outlet ends thereof opening through the side face of said land.

The bore 46 together with the ducts 48 and 49 form part of the passageway for the return flow of the fluid when the same is discharged through the outlet opening 25 and the bore 41 together with the ducts 50 and 5| form part of the passageway for the return flow of the fluid when the same is discharged through the outlet opening 26. The piston valve 35 has reciprocatory movement within the bore l2 between the lugs or stops l2 and 53 extending inwardly from the plate I4 and end wall |5 respectively. Adjacent said lugs, the wall of the bore l2 is recessed or enlarged as at 54 and 55 to permit of the flow of the return fluid from the ducts 49 past the endmost land 4| and the discharge thereof through the outlet opening 25 when the endmost land 42 is disposed against the lug or stop 53 and to permit of the flow of the return fluid from the ducts 5| past the endmost land 42 and the discharge thereof through the outlet opening 24 when the endmost land 4| is disposed against the mg or stop I2. When the endmost land 4| is disposed against the ing or stop 52 it shuts off the flow of the return fluid through the outlet opening 25 and when the endmost land 42 is disposed against the lug or bushings are provided with openings 12 and I3 respectively which open through the walls thereof into the chambers 22 and 23 and into the recesses I0 and The plunger 59 is formed with a plunger head v 14 at the inner end thereof and a plunger head stop 53 it shuts off the flow through the outer opening 28. v

The tensioning head 24 consists of a cylindrical housing 51 having a depending projection II which is aflixed to the outer end of a plunger I! arranged for longitudinal reciprocatory movement within the bore l2. Located within the housing 51 are inner and outer flanged members 4| and 6| which are slidable on the outer end of the piston 35 and arranged in oppositely disposed relation with a. coiled expansion spring 42 interposed therebetween. The spring 42 tensions said flanged members for movement of the piston valve 35 to opposite positions with reference to the inlet port 24. The tensioning head 28 is adapted to be moved with the movemgwe plunger 59 to an inward position as illus rated in Fig. 2 of the drawings and to an outward position as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings and to be releasably secured in said positions respectively by a spring detent I engaging in the detent recesses 66 and II respectively.

The peripheral recesses 88 and 40 are in com- 15 adjacent the opposite end which slidably fit the inner peripheries of the bushings |9-and 2U. Substantially centrally between said plunger heads, the plunger is slidable in the apertured wall 2| and on opposite sides of said wall are cylindrical slide valves 16 and I1 arranged thereon in oppositely disposed relation and slidable thereon between the apertured wall 2| and abutments l8 and 19 respectively. Coil springs 80 and 8| are disposed in surrounding relation with the plunger and tensioned between the apertured wall 2| and the inner end waiis of said slide valves respectively.

When the piston valve 35 is moved to the left against the lug 52 the fluid pressure admitted through the inlet port 24 passes through the cylindrical recess 40 surrounding the piston 34 as shown in Fig. l of the drawings and thence through the passageway 69, recess 1 openings II and into the chamber 23 and thence through the opening 84 and service port 3| to one side of the pressure responsive device C which is connected with the operational part for moving the same in one direction. The return flow of the fluid from the pressure responsive device C enters the valve through the service port 30, thence through the opening 83 into the chamber 22, and then through the opening 12, recess 10, passageway 88 and into the cylindrical recess 39 surrounding the piston valve 35. The return fluid then flows through the ducts and into the bore 41 in the piston valve and thence through the ducts 5| and outlet opening 28 and is discharged through the outlet port 28 to the low pressure side of the hydraulic pressure supply.

The flow of the fluid pressure into the chamber 23 is exerted against the inner face of the head 15 of the plunger 59 so as to move the same to the right asillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. By this movement the abutment ll engages the slide valve 16 and moves the same toward the right so as to uncover the opening 83 between the service port '30 and the cham ber 22. The pressure of the fluid within the chamber 23 functions to move the slide valve 11 a slight distance away from the abutment I! so as to permit the passage of the fluid pressure between the slide valve I1 and the inner periphery of the bushing 20 and thence through the opening 84 leading to the service port 3|. The movement to the right of the plunger 59 moves the tensioning head 36 outwardly as indicated in Fig. l of the drawing until the spring detent 65 is engaged in the detent recess 66. The back pressure in the return flow against the outer side face of the land 44 retains the piston 25 in position. However, the inner flanged member ill is moved outwardly with the tensioning head 36 so as to tension the spring 62 between the flanged members and BI.

When the operational part has reached the end of its stroke. or is obstructed in its movement, the flow of the fluid pressure and the return flow ceases whereupon the back pressure of the return fluid acting on the outer side face of the land 44 is reduced so as to permit the spring 92 to shift the piston valve 35 from the position shown in Fig. l of the drawing to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. In this position the fluid pressure from the inlet port 24 and the return from the pressure responsive device C flow in the opposite direction irom that hereinbefore described whereby the operational part is moved in the reverse direction or opposite to that herelnbefore described.

With the movement of the piston valve 35 to the right as indicated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, the outer flanged member BI is moved outwardly against the snap ring 64. The flow of the fluid pressure into the chamber 22 exerts pressure against the inner face of the head I4 to move the plunger 59 to the left as indicated in, Fig. 2 of the drawings. head 36 to the left. The'movement of the tensioning head 36 to the left also moves the outer flanged member 6| inwardly therewith so as to tension the spring 92 against the flanged member 60 which is positioned against the shoulder 85 formed on the piston valve 35. This movement of the outer flanged member 6| tension the spring 62 for efiecting movement of the piston valve 35 to the left as shown in Fig. l of the drawings in the event that the operational part is obstructed in its movement or when the same reaches the end of its stroke to thereby reduce the back pressure of the return flow acting on the outer face of the land 43 whereupon the spring 62 functions to move the piston valve 35 to the left as described.

The plate I! is provided with a vent'opening 85 to permit air to pass into and out of the chamber 22 at the rear of the head I4 with the movement of the plunger 59. The cylindrical bushings I9 and 20 and the apertured wall 2| are formed with peripheral recesses in which packing rings 81 are arranged for preventing flow of the fluid pressure between saidmembers and the wall of the bore I3. The end-wall I is formed with a peripheral recess in which a packing ring 81 is arranged and a packing rang .88 is arranged between the plate I4 and the valve body II for preventing flow oi the fluid pressure between said end wall I5 and the valve body and between the plate I4 and the valve body. The 'heads 14 and 15 of the plunger 59 are similarly provided with peripheral recesses in which packing rings 89 are arranged This moves the tensioning ammo a service ports and the discharge of the return fluid through the other branch outlet port when the piston valve is in the other position with reference to said inlet port, a plunger mounted for reciprocatory movement in the lowe cavity and movable to opposite positions by the fluid pressure, a tensioning head afflgred to said plunger and having a housing into which one "end of the piston valve extends, flanged members slidably arranged on said piston valve between limits --.thereon and between the ends of said housing, a spring interposed between said flanged members and tensioned by the movement for preventing flow of the fluid between said I heads and the inner wall of the bushings I9 and 20.

What is claimed is:

1. In a pressure actuated distributing valve means, a valve body having an upper elongated cavity, a lower elongated cavity, an inlet port and two branch outlet ports openin through the wall of said upper cavity. two service ports in communication with the lower cavity adapted to be connected with a fluid motor for operation by fluid received from one of said service ports and fluid returned through the other port and two passageways establishing communication between said cavities, a piston valve mounted for reciprocatory movement in said upper cavity and movable to opposite positions with reference to the inlet port for controlling the flow of fluid pressure from the inlet port through one of said service ports and the flow of the return fluid through the other service port and the discharge thereof through one of said of said plunger to said opposite positions for moving the piston to its opposite positions, and said piston valve having a head at each end against which the back pressure of the return fluid is exerted to retain the piston in said opposite positions respectively against the tension of said spring until the flow of the return fluid is interrupted to reduce the back pressure.

2. In a pressure actuated distributing valve means, a valve body having an upper elongated cavity. a lower elongated cavity, an inlet port and two branch outlet ports opening through the wall of said upper cavity, two service ports in communication with the lower cavity adapted to be connected with a fluid motor for operation by fluid received from one of said service ports and fluid returned through the other port and two passageways establishing communication between said cavities, a piston valve mounted for reciprocatory movement in said upper cavity and movable to opposite positions with reference to the inlet port for controlling the flow of fluid pressure from the inlet port through one of said service ports and the flow of the return fluid through the other service port and the discharge thereof through one of said branch outlet ports when the piston valve is in one position with reference to said inlet port and for reversing the flow of the fluid pressure and the flow of the return fluid through said service ports and the discharge of the return fluid through the other branch outlet port when the piston valve is in the other position with reference to said inlet port, said piston valve having spaced longitudinally extending internal passageways opening therethrough adjacent the center and at the opposite ends of said piston valve for the flow of the return fluid through one of said internal passageways when the piston valve is in one position with reference to said inlet port and through the other passageway when the piston valve is in the opposite position for discharge through said branch outlet ports respectively, a plunger mounted for reciprocatory movement in the lower cavity and movable to opposite positions by the fluid pressure, a tensioning head affixed to said plunger includin a housing into which one end of the piston valve extends. flanged members slidably arranged on said piston valve between limits thereon and between the ends of said housing, and a spring interposed between said flanged members and tensioned by the movement of said plunger to said opposite positions for moving the piston valve to its opposite positions.

3. In a pressure actuated distributing valve means. a valve body having an upper elongated aesmso cavity, a lower elongated cavity, an inlet port and two branch outlet ports opening through the wall of said upper cavity, two service ports in communication with the lower cavity adapted to be connected with a fluid motor for operation by fluid received from one of said service ports and fluid returned through the other port and two passageways establishing communication between said cavities, a piston valve mounted for reciprocatory movement in said upper cavity and movable to opposite positions with reference to the inlet port for controlling the flow of fluid pressure from the inlet port through one of said service port and the flow of the return fluid through the other service port and the discharge thereof through one of said branch outlet ports when the piston valve is in one position with reference to said inlet port and for reversing the flow of the fluid pressure and the flow of the return fluid through said service port and the discharge of the return fluid through the other branch outlet port when the piston valve is in the other position with reference to said inlet port, said piston valve having spaced longitudinally extending internal passageways opening therethrough adjacent the center and at the opposite ends of said piston valve for the flow of the return fluid through one of said internal passageways when the piston valve is in one position with reference to said inlet port and through the other passageway when the piston valve is in the opposite position for discharge through said branch outlet ports respectively, a plunger mounted for reciprocatory movement in the lower cavity and movable to opposite positions by the fluid pressure, a. tensioning head aflixed to said plunger including a housing into which one end of the piston valve extends, flanged members slidably arranged on said piston valve between limits thereon and between the ends of said housing, a spring interposed between said flanged members and tensioned by the movement of said plunger to said opposite positions for moving the piston to its opposite positions,

. means, a valve body having elongated cavities,

and said piston valve having a head at each passageways establishing communication between said cavities, inlet and outlet ports communicating with one of said cavities, two service ports communicating with the other cavity, a piston valve and a plunger mounted for reciprocatory movement in said cavities for controlling the flow of fluid pressure in one direction from the inlet port through one 0! said service ports and the flow from the other service port through the outlet port, said plunger having a tensioning head aflixed thereto into which one end of the piston valve extends, members slidabiy arranged on said piston valve between limits thereon and between stop elements carried by said valve body, a spring interposed between said members and tensioned by the movement of the plunger for moving the piston valve to opposite position for reversing the flow of fluid pressure through said service ports, and said piston valve having heads against which the back pressure of the fluid is exerted to return the piston valve to said opposite positions respectively against the tension of said spring until the flow oi' the fluid is interrupted to reduce the back pressure.

HARRY P. KUPIEC. EVERETT G. GRAVENHORST.

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